Guy Wilks can clinch the Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Championship Super 1600 crown in the at the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire this weekend - without even being there.

The Darlington driver (Suzuki Ignis) has already secured five victories in six rounds and only Jonnie Wigmore (Ford Puma) can catch him.

Wilks will be defending his Junior World Championship lead in Sardinia this weekend, and Wigmore must win the last two rounds of the British series to take the title.

This weekend's event, through the forests of North Yorkshire, promises to be fascinating. No fewer than five drivers remain within striking distance of winning the overall title, with just two rounds left.

Just two points separate the top three with Welsh-based Manxman David Higgins (Hyundai Accent WRC) in pole position, despite only finishing ninth on the last round in Ulster.

Experienced Irishman Austin MacHale (Ford Focus WRC) is a point adrift with Cumbrian teenager Matthew Wilson (Ford Focus WRC), a further point behind.

County Durham's Barry Johnson (Subaru Impreza WRC) and Wilks are next in the series standings.

And Jonny Milner, winner in 2002, is bidding for a record third successive crown, although he must take maximum points from the final two rounds.

Castleton's Ryan Champion and Cliff Simmons make a return to action in their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.

Champion was victorious in the Kall Kwik National Rally earlier this year.

The winners of Saturday's Trackrod National Rally will receive a free entry into the Barbados Rally Carnival next May.

THERE'S no stopping Jonny Cocker!

The newly-crowned British GT champion won the Asia Carrera Cup race on Sunday - the final support race before the first ever Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.

Cocker was invited to compete by Porsche as a VIP driver and started the race - watched by 220,000 people - from fourth on the grid.

He stormed into second place from the start and settled into second after battling with ex-Formula One driver Alex Yoong.

Matthew Marsh crossed the line first but was given a 25-second penalty due to contact with Rizal Ramli.

"It's a great feeling to have won in Shanghai at the first ever F1 race in China, in front of such a massive crowd," said Cocker.

TEES crew Andrew Davison and Sandie Taylor are busy getting their car ready for the next round of the Peugeot 205 Challenge at Bont, in Wales, on October 17.

The pair were in Wales for the last round, too, where they finished 19th overall, ninth 205 GTI, second in the 205 expert class and first overall mixed crew at the Sweetlamb complex.

It was Taylor's first time navigating without pace notes and a slipping clutch left them fifth after the opening stage. A large rock punctured the navigator's footwell and a fuse on the intercom blew but the pair made good progress. On the last stage they pushed hard and took 50 seconds out of the car in front and came away unscathed after dropping the back end into a ditch on the finish line

"We were pleased with the final position considering our slow start," said Davison.

NUNTHORPE'S Simon Walker-Hansell suffered a pair of non-finishes in rounds 19 and 20 of the Formula BMW UK Championship at Donington Park at the weekend.

A DVD featuring the Boro Bears speedway match with Berwick earlier this month is now available. It contains action from all six heats plus pits footage and costs £6 plus £1 postage. It's available from 57 Mordales Drive, Marske, Redcar, Cleveland, TS11 7JH. Cheques should be made payable to Boro Bears Speedway Team.

WITH the Great North Run passing at a somewhat slower pace in the background, Thornaby's Phil Mayne (Mini) took third place in the ANECCC Championship autotest at Gateshead International Stadium on Sunday.